Search Results for: Chemotherapy

December 6, 2019December 6, 2019

Use of electrochemotherapy in women with vulvar cancer to improve quality-of-life in the palliative setting: a meta-analysis.

Melanoma Literature

Publication date: Dec 03, 2019 Electrochemotherapy involves the use of transient tumor permeabilization via electric pulses in combination with low-dose chemotherapeutic agents. It has recently emerged as an alternative treatment ... Read more

December 4, 2019December 4, 2019

Chemotherapy Following PD-1 Inhibitor Blockade in Patients with Unresectable Stage III/Stage IV Metastatic Melanoma: A Single Academic Institution Experience.

Melanoma Literature

Publication date: Dec 03, 2019 Retrospective case studies in various cancers have shown clinical benefit from chemotherapy following PD-1 inhibitor progression. We asked whether we see a similar clinical benefit ... Read more

December 2, 2019December 2, 2019

Inhibition of DNA-PKcs activity re-sensitizes uveal melanoma cells to radio- and chemotherapy.

Melanoma Literature

Publication date: Nov 28, 2019 Uveal melanoma (UM) is the most common primary intraocular tumor in adults. Despite of important progress in the local therapy, high radioresistance in primary tumor ... Read more

December 1, 2019December 1, 2019

The carbonic anhydrase IX inhibitor SLC-0111 sensitises cancer cells to conventional chemotherapy.

Melanoma Literature

Publication date: Dec 01, 2019 Drug combination represents one of the most accredited strategies of cancer therapy able to improve drug efficacy and possibly overcome drug resistance. Among the agents ... Read more

December 1, 2019December 1, 2019

Can precision medicine make chemotherapy a thing of the past?

Precision Medicine News

Publication date: Dec 01, 2019 Concepts Keywords Chemotherapy Chemotherapy Oncology Chemotherapy Health Cancer treatments Clinical medicine Medicine Semantics Type Source Name disease MESH Cancer Similar Industry Panel: The Rise of ... Read more

November 11, 2019November 11, 2019

Brain Metastases as a First Site of Recurrence in Patients Receiving Chemotherapy with Controlled Systemic Cancer: a Critical but Under-Recognized Clinical Scenario.

Melanoma Literature

Publication date: Nov 09, 2019 As the treatment of many malignancies has improved, brain metastases (BM) have been observed as a site of the first recurrence in patients with controlled ... Read more

October 23, 2019October 23, 2019

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Reducing Pain in Cancer Patients With Chemotherapy Induced Peripheral Neuropathy

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Publication date: Oct 22, 2019 This early phase I trial studies how well transcranial direct current stimulation works in reducing pain in cancer patients with chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy. Transcranial ... Read more

October 18, 2019October 18, 2019

Chemotherapy and Risk of Subsequent Malignant Neoplasms in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study Cohort.

Melanoma Literature

Publication date: Oct 17, 2019 Therapeutic radiation in childhood cancer has decreased over time with a concomitant increase in chemotherapy. Limited data exist on chemotherapy-associated subsequent malignant neoplasm (SMN) risk. ... Read more

October 18, 2019October 18, 2019

Carbon-ion radiotherapy combined with chemotherapy for head and neck mucosal melanoma: Prospective observational study.

Melanoma Literature

Publication date: Oct 16, 2019 This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of carbon-ion radiotherapy in combination with chemotherapy using dacarbazine, nimustine, and vincristine (DAV therapy) in mucosal melanoma. Twenty-one ... Read more

October 17, 2019October 17, 2019

Emergent Nanotechnological Strategies for Systemic Chemotherapy against Melanoma.

Melanoma Literature

Publication date: Oct 13, 2019 Melanoma is an aggressive form of skin cancer, being one of the deadliest cancers in the world. The current treatment options involve surgery, radiotherapy, targeted ... Read more